BP oil spill: relief well drilling 'ahead of schedule'

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

BP says its operation to drill a relief well to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil leak is "slightly ahead of schedule".

A spokeswoman for the company told the BBC it was "ahead of the original schedule of completion in August".

Asked about comments made by Bob Dudley, the man in charge, that finishing by 27 July was possible, she emphasised the caveats in what he said.

Mr Dudley said completion between 20 and 27 July was possible but only "in a perfect world with no interruptions".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10552860.stm

[Ganja Ninja]

1. Ahead of schedule and 2 months late. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. They use RepubliLanguage when they make these statements

so it's a good thing you can translate Repliconese into plain English.

[Dulcinea]

3. We can only hope.

The relief well looks like the only thing that will stop this calamity.

[denem]

4. We are supposed to believe BP reports?

We are liars, but THIS time we are telling you the truth?

"a perfect world with no interruptions" - yeah, that sounds like BP's recovery efforts alright.

[jimlup]

5. I don't see a reason why anyone would believe ANYTHING BP says

Nevertheless, wishful thinking makes me hope that this is true.

I have some serious concerns about the effectiveness of the relief well. I hope that it works. I have yet to see a serious engineering piece on the likely hood of success of this particular relief well for this blowout.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. BP should make a commercial, another one.

:grr:

[TEXASYANKEE]

7. So?

What happens if the relief wells don't work?